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Muslim Brotherhood Leader Mohammed Badie arrested

August 22, 2013 / By Armoured Cars / In security

The most senior leader in Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, Mohammed Badie, has been arrested in Cairo.

Mr Badie, who was wanted over alleged incitement to violence and murder, has been temporarily replaced as “general guide” by his deputy, Mahmoud Ezzat.

In another development, Egypt’s ex-vice president Mohamed ElBaradei is to face trial on charges of breaching national trust after resigning last week.

Almost 900 people have been killed in the country since Wednesday.

Among them are 36 Islamist protesters who died in a prison van in Cairo on Sunday.

Parties given 48 hours to resolve crisis by Egypt’s Army

July 3, 2013 / By Armoured Cars / In security

Egypt’s army has given the country’s rival parties 48 hours to resolve a deadly political crisis.

The army would offer a “road map” for peace if Islamist President Mohammed Morsi and his opponents failed to heed “the will of the people”, it said.

It later issued a clarifying statement denying its warning amounted to a coup.

Given the inability of politicians from all sides to agree until now, it seems unlikely Mr Morsi can survive in power, says the BBC’s Aleem Maqbool in Cairo.

On Sunday millions rallied in cities nationwide, urging the president to quit.

Large protests continued on Monday, and eight people died as activists stormed and ransacked the Cairo headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood, to which the president belongs.

He became Egypt’s first Islamist president on 30 June 2012, after winning an election considered free and fair following the 2011 revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak.

Iran President Ahmadinejad begins historic Egypt visit

February 7, 2013 / By Armoured Cars / In security

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has become the first Iranian president to visit Egypt since the Islamic revolution in 1979.

Mr Ahmadinejad is in Cairo for a summit of the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation, which begins on Wednesday.

After arriving on Tuesday, he discussed with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi ways to end the bloodshed in Syria and strengthen relations, officials said.

Mr Ahmadinejad was later warned by Egypt’s top Sunni Muslim cleric not to meddle in the affairs of Gulf states.

Apartment building collapses in Alexandria

January 17, 2013 / By Armoured Cars / In security

A block of flats has collapsed in the coastal Egyptian city of Alexandria, killing at least 25 people.

Others were injured as the eight-story building collapsed, reports said. The cause of the collapse is not yet clear.

The incident came a day after 19 conscripts were killed when a military train carrying new recruits derailed south of Egypt’s capital, Cairo,

That accident sparked several protests accusing the government of failing to overhaul Egypt’s aged public services.

Building collapses are not uncommon in Egypt because of lax building standards, analysts say.

The collapse happened in the early hours of Wednesday when most tenants were thought to be at home, reports said.

Alexandria’s security chief, police Maj Gen Abdel-Mawgood Lutfi, said the 24-flat block was built five years ago.

Cairo train derailment leaves 19 dead

January 16, 2013 / By Armoured Cars / In security

A military train carrying army recruits has derailed south of Egypt’s capital, Cairo, killing 19 people and injuring more than 100, officials say.

The train was heading to an army camp in Cairo when a carriage became detached and crashed into a goods train in the Badrashin area of Giza.

Egypt’s prime minister visited the scene, but was led to safety after being abused by angry bystanders.

Egypt’s roads and railways have a notoriously poor safety record.

Last November 50 children died when a train hit their school bus near Manfalut, 350km (230 miles) south of Cairo, after a signal operator fell asleep.

The transport minister and the head of the railway authority were forced to resign in the wake of the crash.

Anger has been directed towards the government for failing to improve railway safety and infrastructure.